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Writes an empty file in directory

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating .__browserify_string_empty.js and the code path that writes it. Review the linked temp package as the suggested approach, then verify that running the package no longer leaves the empty file in the project directory and that existing behavior still works.

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Description

.__browserify_string_empty.js

We could probably move this to /tmp. http://npm.im/temp

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
15
Forks
6
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